Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Pikachu
SM Black Star Promos · #SM227 · Promo · 2017
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$22.10
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SM227 / 250
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Raichu
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- 2019 Pikachu Project
- Pokédex #
- 25
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 26.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Pikachu plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Thunderbolt) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Pikachu
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.8 copies on average · 10 decks
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Illustrated by 2019 Pikachu Project
Building around Pikachu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its nature is to store up electricity. Forests where nests of Pikachu live are dangerous, since the trees are so often struck by lightning."
CQuick Attack — 10+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.
LLCThunderbolt — 80
Discard all Energy from this Pokémon.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:M-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Pikachu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Pikachu ex — Surging Sparks
Played in 69 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $14.76 | $23.15 | $198.20 | $22.10 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €16.36 |
| 7-day average | €14.53 |
| 30-day average | €11.81 |
| Low | €5.83 |
| Trend price | €14.55 |
| Low (excellent+) | €7.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €7.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €8.94 |
| averageSellPrice | €12.98 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.09 |
| Reverse holo trend | €10.02 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Pikachu is real?
Pikachu is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Pikachu worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Pikachu is $22.10; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Pikachu from?
Pikachu is from the Pokémon set "SM Black Star Promos" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Pikachu?
Pikachu is a Promo card in the SM Black Star Promos set.
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